The Boston Celtics just keep on winning, and they\u2019re favored on the road on Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers, who are down a litany of players after losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.<\/p>\n
Portland is just 12-19 this season, and it\u2019s fallen to 7-7 against the spread at home ahead of Sunday\u2019s clash.<\/p>\n
Boston is down Jayson Tatum, but Jaylen Brown (one of my prop targets for Sunday) has stepped up in a big way, leading the C\u2019s to a 19-11 start, including four straight wins.<\/p>\n
Can Boston cover on the road as it looks to make a push for the No. 1 seed in the East?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a breakdown of the latest odds and my prediction for Sunday\u2019s matchup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.<\/a><\/p>\n Spread<\/p>\n Moneyline<\/p>\n Total<\/p>\n Celtics Injury ReportTrail Blazers Injury ReportCeltics Best NBA Prop Bet<\/p>\n Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has scored 30 or more points in every game this month, and he should be in play to reach that total on Sunday against the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n Portland is just 21st in the league in defensive rating, and it\u2019s down several key rotation players in this matchup after losing at home to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n Brown is averaging 29.4 points per game this season, and he\u2019s taken a career-high 21.5 shots per game while sitting just behind SGA in field goals made per game (10.8) this season. The C\u2019s star has also been efficient knocking down 50.2 percent of his field goal attempts and 36.9 percent of his 3s.\u00a0<\/p>\n I\u2019m buying him to clear this line against an underwhelming Portland defense on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n While the Blazers have a great record against the spread as home underdogs (7-3) this season, I\u2019m fading them against a red hot Celtics team.<\/p>\n Over their last 10 games, the C\u2019s have the best net rating (+12.7) in the NBA, while Portland is just 22nd in net rating during that stretch (-5.6).\u00a0<\/p>\n On top of that, Boston is now second in the NBA overall in offensive rating despite playing at the slowest pace in the league.\u00a0<\/p>\n So, the Blazers (fifth in pace) are going to need to be a lot more efficient to hang around with Jaylen Brown and company.<\/p>\n Boston is 5-3 against the spread when favored on the road, and it\u2019s playing its best basketball of the season. I\u2019ll gladly take the C\u2019s to win and cover on Sunday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pick: Celtics -7.5 (-105 at DraftKings)<\/a><\/p>\n Odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n Find Peter Dewey’s\u00a0NBA betting record here<\/a>\u00a0(futures included). You can also follow my daily plays on \u00a0BetStamp here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Claim the latest\u00a0DraftKings promo code<\/a>\u00a0offer today. Sign up and win your first $5 bet to get\u00a0$200 in bonus bets instantly.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Celtics just keep on winning, and they\u2019re favored on the road on Sunday against the Portland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-373710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}